Experimenting with Support of Mobile Touch Devices for Pupils with Special Educational Needs

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Special Needs Students; Elementary School Students; Chemistry; Teaching Methods; Special Education; Handheld Devices; Computer Assisted Instruction; Laboratory Equipment; Scientific Concepts; Disabilities; Computer Software; Educational Benefits; Foreign Countries

The aim of this paper is to describe one of the learning option for pupils with special educational needs with the support of ICT in the educational area Man and Nature, "a basic knowledge of chemistry." Form of experimental teaching is not commonly used in elementary school special education. With the support of ICT, specifically the iPad, we can try a simple experiment as a demonstration of unusual subject matter: the solubility of the substances, the density of matter, detailed structure of the fabric surface. Perception of microscopic object details is very difficult and sometimes impossible for pupils with special educational needs. Working with a microscope is very difficult because of various pupils affection, such as fine motor skills disorder, visual disturbances and so on. But if we use an iPad and an appropriate application, we can do experiments very effectively also in a special elementary school. iPad, in connection with Magniscope appropriate tool, is a great tool to capture any detail that a student with moderate mental disorder cannot notice Pupils can "experiment" on their own, they can create screens. These screens can be used in the creation of interactive books in Book Creator--add their descriptions, reviews and previews. [For the complete proceedings, see ED579190.]

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2018

ED579201